It may have taken eleven months and a scant few not-even-really misses, but Calvin Harris finally has a 2018 release befitting of his high sonic standards. “I Found You,” a joint effort with producer and longtime Harris booster benny blanco, finds the EDM giant once again taking up lead vocal duty over a shimmering house groove palatable for both the Top 40 crowd and club heads alike.

But this winsome combination of a potent male topline and funky dance rhythms almost never materialized. It wasn’t until much goading by blanco that Harris decided to tune up his pipes. Posting on Instagram, he recalls:

he also has one of my favorite recorded voices ever.. even tho he thinks it sounds like shit…i would beg him to sing on it everyday and just kept annoying him until he finally wore down and just sang it

Persistence pays off folks!

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